Hi,
> Can I somehow make some text in row span multiple columns in
> \starttabulate ... \stoptabulate? The effect I want is identical to
> \use{n} macro in TaBlE. I can't use TaBlE's, because I need the
> paragraphs inside tables.
Maybe you can try ConTeXt's natural tables -- \bTABLE...\eTABLE. The
philosophy of natural tables is very close to HTML's one and should be
pretty for you. The span of rows is simple -- use \bTD[nr=<rows you want to
span>].
More about natural tables you can find in core-ntb.tex or in the example
enattab.pdf
Martin